Spinal cord stimulation for relief of abdominal pain in two patients with familial Mediterranean fever

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 866-868

  Kapur, S ^a   Mutagi, H ^a   Raphael, J ^a  

^a RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fever, familial Mediterranean; Pain, visceral; Techniques, spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

CODEINE PHOSPHATE; COLCHICINE; FENTANYL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; EPIDURAL SPACE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

EID: 34447341635     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/ael279     Document Type: Article

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